SPD investigates breach of vehicle impound room

The Seattle Police Department believe it has identified two men who broke out of the agency’s Sodo vehicle holding area in March after police unwittingly towed them there in March.

They’re also trying to determine whether the men tampered with any of the evidence inside while there.

The incident began March 30 when officers located a stolen truck and attached trailer and had it towed to the Airport Way impound facility, according to the department.

The officer didn’t see anything inside the truck but could not gain entry to the locked trailer.

The trailer sat untouched for 38 hours until the next Monday, when an investigator arrived to take a look at it.

At some point, the two men who appeared to have been living inside the trailer had sprayed down the inside of the unit — which contained mattresses, drug paraphernalia and stolen goods — with a fire extinguisher to cover their tracks and left the facility.

After hearing rumors on the streets and doing some digging, police believe they know who was inside the trailer. One of the suspects is already in jail on an unrelated case.

Ten vehicles were in the holding area during the incident and the breach may have affected six investigations, according to the police department.